MOSCOW (SW) – A move by Japan to provide Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine will have “grave consequences” for Russia-Japan ties, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
MONITORING (SW) – The Israeli occupation forces carried out a large-scale raid across the West Bank on Thursday overnight, killing a Palestinian man and seizing around $2.5 million from several Palestinian exchange shops in yet another escalation in the area, Al Jazeera reported.
MONITORING (SW) – “Intense” fighting is ongoing between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters in “most areas” in the Gaza Strip, and rockets continue to be fired into Israel while Israel blasts the Palestinian enclave from air, land and sea, the UN said.
MONITORING (SW) – North Korea leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his country’s military, munitions industry and nuclear weapons sector to accelerate war preparations to counter what he called unprecedented confrontational moves by the U.S., state media said on Thursday.
LOGAR (SW) – Residents of Logar province, express concern about the military forces of the de-facto government operating in the center and districts of the province with the lack distinctive uniforms, saying that most of them operate in personal clothing.
